The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-09-02
WANTS A REHEARlNo.

The Northern Pacific Road F1les IN Appll-
cation for Rohearlng In the Matter u
Indemnity Lands.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-The Northera
Pacific Railroad Company, by attorney, has
filed with the Secretary Of the Interior an
application for pehearing In the matter
Of the revocation Of the orders Of with
drawal Of its indemnify lands, SO far ~
that revocation applies TO the selections by
tho company already Of record, and to flu.
ture selections which It will hereafter have
70 make ''in common with the rest Of the
world" The company takes exception to
tho rules laid down in the decision referred
to restricting the company's selections 70
the state or Territory In which the Losses
occur; and declaring there Il no second
demnity belt, and that the company IL en-
titled TO losses only for lands disposed Of
STAGE the Gate Of the grant Of July 2, 1884.
The application says: st 10 conceded by
the Department that under the original
charter the company would bo entitled to
select indemnity for all lands lost prior to
the definite location Of the road. without
limit Of time within which the lesses must
have occurred" But the decision then
proceeds to lay down that by its charter
the company was prohibited from issuing
bonds or mortgage, and was seeking to and
did have such prohibition removed BY the
passage Of the joint resolution OF May 81.
1870. and that there was reason why asking
right denied Congress should then modify
the indemnity proceedings. Hence. in
passing the joint resolution. and thereby
granting the right to issue bonds and mort
gsgcs, tho granting power therein re-
stricted the indemnity to losses occurring
between the date Of the original act and
tho date Of the definite location. and specL
fed that tho indemnity selections should
be restricted to the particular States or
Territories In which the losses might be
sustained, declaring that part Of the deci-
sion which restricts Indemnity for losses
after the passage Of the granting act rests
upon the construction to be placed upon
the joint resolution Of May 81. 1870 The
company desire to be heard upon that
question, asserting that it can show con-
lusively that the purpose OF the resolution
was to give additional lands. Reference
10 made to Secretary Teller's decision Of
May IS 1859, in which . second indemnity
belt was recognized, and in which the COM
pany has selected, under authority Of that
decision, some 81, go acres. With refer
once to that part Of the decision restricting
the company from making indemnity selec-
tions other than in the States or Territories
In which tho losses occur. the application
again calls attention to this decision of
Secretary Teller in which it is held that ''it
was clearly the intention Of the legislation
that within the indemnity limits fixed by
tho Northern Pacific acts, the company
should have the opportunity to take lands,
acre for acre, for all those lost In place"
This decision Of Secretary Teller is referred
to as confirming the construction Of the law
under which tho company has acted for
sixteen years.
The New Orleans Pacific Railway Com
pany has also applied for rehcaring upon
the ground that II has not had sufficient op-
portunity to make its selections. Tho Act
ing Secretary will hear counsel for each OF
these roads in support OF their applica-
tions, either orally or by brief.